(Documentary Artifact): Two b/w photographic prints of two unidentified men in front of an iron fence surrounding the Tree of Noche Triste where Hernan Cortes was said to have wept the night he was driven out of Tenochtitlan.
Notes on verso of prints:
Image 1: OP 14961-891/ 88:17050-891/ MEXICO CITY/ D.F./ DEC 1945/ TREE OF NOCHE TRISTE (SAD NIGHT)/ WHERE CORTEZ WEPT ON NIGHT HE/ WAS DRIVEN OUT OF TENOCHTITLAN ON/ FIRST INVASION, 1519./ 881/ [Stamped:] ED. H. DAVIS/ Mesa Grande, Calif.
Image 2: MEXICO CITY/ DF./ DEC 1945/ Tree of Noche Triste/ where Cortes wept on/ night when he was/ driven out of Tenoch-titlan on first invasion/ 1519- Dec. 30 1945/ Pototla./ TENOCHTITLAN/ NOCHE TRISTE – SAD NIGHT/ [Stamped:] ED. H. DAVIS/ Mesa Grande, Calif.
